The 6-foot-4, 265-pound Sparaco played tight end for Cherry Creek in 2015, recording four catches for 48 yards and a touchdown. The year before, he was a quarterback and outside linebacker for Glenwood Springs. He is listed as a three-star recruit by Rivals and Scout.

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Six local football players, and another with future Colorado ties, will represent Team USA when it faces off against Canada this weekend in Texas.

The International Bowl Games will take place Feb. 7-8 at Maverick Stadium at the University of Texas at Arlington. It will feature six games, pitting the country’s U15 through U19 teams. The U19 game will be shown live at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 on the games’ website.

Sparaco was also selected to the Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl for freshmen. He is one of two Colorado players who made the squad. Cherry Creek LB Santino Marchiol, who had 60 tackles and a sack for the Bruins, also made the team. Both will play for the West at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.